A Bishop’s Biography
2020 ◽
pp. 266-280
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Eusebius’ Life of Constantine is one of the oddest works of biography to survive from Antiquity. As such, its authenticity and genre have been much studied. But its literary qualities remain undervalued. This chapter reads it not as a stand-alone work, but as the climax of its author’s long history of biographical experimentation. It focuses in particular on the ‘episcopal equivalencies’—the two passages where Constantine is described as being bishop-like. These passages can only be properly understood when read against the backdrop of Eusebius’ construction of bishops in his earlier biographical writings.
2004 ◽
Vol 36
(2)
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pp. 294-295
1936 ◽
Vol 68
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pp. 163-164
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1961 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 73-105
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